Synthetic Aperture Radar Oil Spill Monitoring: a Physical Approach (Does Electromagnetics still count in the era of AI?)
The University of Michigan Radiation Lab and Trident Chapter are pleased to host Professor Maurizio Migliaccio from the Università di Napoli Parthenope in Italy. Prof. Migliaccio will give a seminar, "Synthetic Aperture Radar Oil Spill Monitoring: a Physical Approach (Does Electromagnetics still count in the era of AI?)" at 3:30 am ET on Wednesday, September 24. This talk is part of the Radlab Seminar Series.
The in-person seminar is free and open to the public and will be held in room DOW 1206 on the University of Michigan North Campus in Ann Arbor, MI.
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- 2300 HAYWARD ST
- University of Michigan North Campus
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- United States 48109
- Building: Dow Building
- Room Number: 1206 DOW
- Starts 11 September 2025 04:00 AM UTC
- Ends 24 September 2025 04:00 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Prof. Maurizio Migliaccio of Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope
Synthetic Aperture Radar Oil Spill Monitoring: a Physical Approach (Does Electromagnetics still count in the era of AI?)
The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an imaging microwave coherent sensor that can be operated from space to monitor marine and maritime activities. One of the most important operational services that is in place is related to the observation of oil spills at sea. The presence of an oil spill changes the backscattering behavior that is manifested by a dark area in the SAR image plane. Image analysis suggests “natural” recipes to detect dark areas and classify as oil spills. Human experts and nowadays AI can be employed on such a track.
Is this the end of the Story? The end of Electromagnetics? In the seminar it will be shown another approach, the “physical processing” that is able to effectively detect oil spills by means of polarimetric SAR measurements and proper backscattering modelling.
Biography:
Maurizio Migliaccio (M’91-SM’00-F’17) is Full professor of Electromagnetics at Università di Napoli Parthenope (Italy) and is also associated to CNR-ISMAR and INGV, Italy. He was Affiliated Full Professor at NOVA Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL (USA). He has been teaching Microwave Remote Sensing since 1994. He was visiting scientist at Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Lüft und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. He was member of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) scientific committee. He was member of the ASI CosmoSkyMed second generation panel. He was e-geos AdCom member. He was Italian delegate of the ESA PB-EO board. He was Member of South Africa Expert Review Panel for Space Exploration. He serves as reviewer for the UE, Italian Research Ministry (MIUR), NCST, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong Research board. He lectured in USA, Australia, Canada, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Ecuador, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary and Italy. He was Italian delegate at UE COST SMOS Mode Action. He is listed in the Italian Top Scientists and TOP 2% world scientist. He is an IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing AE, International Journal of Remote Sensing AE. and of the. He was IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering “IEEE Metrosea23”, “IEEE MetroSea25”and “Radar for Marine and Maritime Remote Sensing“ Special Issues, IEEE JSTARS AE of the Special Issue on CosmoSKyMed, Member of the Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics Editorial board. Starting from 2024 he serves as IEEE OES Chapters Coordinator. He was an IEEE OES Distinguished Lecturer. He is IEEE OES Chapters’ Coordinator. He is IEEE OES AdCom member (2025-28 term). His H index is 52 with 10150 citations. His main current scientific interests cover SAR sea oil slick and man-made target monitoring, remote sensing for marine and coastal applications, remote sensing for agriculture monitoring, polarimetry, inverse problems for resolution enhancement, reverberating chambers and bio electromagnetism. He published 200 peer-reviewed journal papers.
Address:Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Centro Direzionale, isola C4, Napoli, Italy, 80143
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Synthetic Aperture Radar oil spill monitoring: a physical approach (Does Electromagnetics still count in the era of AI ?)
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Abstract: The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an imaging microwave coherent sensor that can be operated from space to monitor marine and maritime activities. One of the most important operational services that is in place is related to the observation of oil spills at sea. The presence of an oil spill changes the backscattering behavior that is manifested by a dark area in the SAR image plane. Image analysis suggests “natural” recipes to detect dark areas and classify as oil spills. Human experts and nowadays AI can be employed on such a track.
Is this the end of the Story? The end of Electromagnetics? In the seminar it will be shown another approach, the “physical processing” that is able to effectively detect oil spills by means of polarimetric SAR measurements and proper backscattering modelling.
Bio: Maurizio Migliaccio (M’91-SM’00-F’17) is Full professor of Electromagnetics at Università di Napoli Parthenope (Italy) and is also associated to CNR-ISMAR and INGV, Italy. He was Affiliated Full Professor at NOVA Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL (USA). He has been teaching Microwave Remote Sensing since 1994. He was visiting scientist at Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Lüft und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. He was member of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) scientific committee. He was member of the ASI CosmoSkyMed second generation panel. He was e-geos AdCom member. He was Italian delegate of the ESA PB-EO board. He was Member of South Africa Expert Review Panel for Space Exploration. He serves as reviewer for the UE, Italian Research Ministry (MIUR), NCST, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong Research board. He lectured in USA, Australia, Canada, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Ecuador, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary and Italy. He was Italian delegate at UE COST SMOS Mode Action. He is listed in the Italian Top Scientists and TOP 2% world scientist. He is an IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing AE, International Journal of Remote Sensing AE. and of the. He was IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering “IEEE Metrosea23”, “IEEE MetroSea25”and “Radar for Marine and Maritime Remote Sensing“ Special Issues, IEEE JSTARS AE of the Special Issue on CosmoSKyMed, Member of the Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics Editorial board. Starting from 2024 he serves as IEEE OES Chapters Coordinator. He was an IEEE OES Distinguished Lecturer. He is IEEE OES Chapters’ Coordinator. He is IEEE OES AdCom member (2025-28 term). His H index is 52 with 10150 citations. His main current scientific interests cover SAR sea oil slick and man-made target monitoring, remote sensing for marine and coastal applications, remote sensing for agriculture monitoring, polarimetry, inverse problems for resolution enhancement, reverberating chambers and bio electromagnetism. He published 200 peer-reviewed journal papers.